Garden partners

The Key Garden project is a major collaboration between several different partners.

The organisations involved are:

Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)  is the government’s national housing and regeneration agency. We provide funding for affordable housing, bring land back into productive use and improve quality of life by raising standards for the physical and social environment.

The HCA is funding the project through it’s Places of Change programme, which is focussed on homeless people and the causes of exclusion. The programme aims to improve the services available to rough sleepers, to help them make the transition into a settled home, training or employment.
http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/

Communities and Local Government (CLG) is the government department responsible for housing, regeneration, local government and race equality and community cohesion.

CLG is the sponsor department for the HCA and is providing additional funding for the garden.
http://www.communities.gov.uk/

The Eden Project is wholly owned by the Eden Trust, an educational charity (charity number 1093070). Eden use exhibits, events, workshops and educational programmes to remind people what nature gives to us and to help people to learn how to look after it in return. All money raised goes to further the aims of the Trust.

The Eden Project are designing, project managing and creating the garden.
http://www.edenproject.com/

Homeless Link is the national membership organisation for frontline homelessness agencies in England. Their mission is to be a catalyst that will help bring an end to homelessness.

Homeless Link are working with their member and related organisations on the ground, supplying the manpower to grow, develop, construct, and also deconstruct the garden. These people will also provide  hospitality services during the show.
http://www.homeless.org.uk/

Business Action on Homelessness is a business-led campaign run by Business in the Community. It supports homeless people to gain and sustain employment and campaigns for the removal of barriers to work. Through its Ready for Work programme BAOH works to boost the employability of over 700 homeless people each year, with around 300 entering into employment.

BAOH is proud to sponsor the Places of Change garden. Through our business networks, we will be providing work placements to the homeless people involved in creating the garden.
http://www.bitc.org.uk/baoh


Architecture Sans Frontières-UK (ASF) creates architecture for communities. Our vision is to make places that are more sustainable, more environmentally friendly and are ordered and designed by the people who live in them. We have realised this by creating the next generation of architects and building professionals who have the skills to empower impoverished communities and help them to create better living environments.  http://www.asf-uk.org/